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Deacon Edward Lujan

This certifies that the heraldic arms of
Deacon Edward Lujan
which are offered in memoriam and
conveyed to his descendants
are registered and described by the blazon below

Arms: Azure, for a fess an embattled wall Or, in chief within the horns of a crescent a Latin Cross and in base a fleur-de-lis Argent.

Crest: Plume of five ostrich feathers Or and Azure.

Mantling: Azure, doubled Or.

Motto: Servire

Biographical information

Deacon Lujan was born August 29, 1922 in Portland, Fremont County, Colorado, USA. He served in the US Army Signal Corps during World War II. When he returned home he married his hometown sweetheart, Aurelia (Rae) Angel, on April 18, 1947, at St. Benedict Parish in Florence, Colo. They had seven sons (Edward Jr., Charles, Richard, Daniel, Michael, Josepeh, and Lawrence), three girls (Therese, Judith and Louise), 25 grandchildren and 55 great-grandchildren.

He was ordained a permanent deacon at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver on April 2, 1977. He retired from active ministry in 1997.